SHAME OMBIIGIZI

• 1 Laminate The Sky 03:47
• 2 Street Names and Land Claims 03:23
• 3 Connecting 03:42
• 4 What Was Said 02:52
• 5 Hands Are Up 02:13
• 6 City Trials 04:12
• 7 Photograph 05:09
• 8 Ziibi 03:47
• 9 Oil Spills 03:24
• 10 Shame 05:36
• Total Runtime 38:05

Info for SHAME

Shame is a thing we all share. While the last album focused a lot on the positive force of healing despite odds, SHAME let’s things slide - it shares the things we don’t always say, it calls to others to heal and reminds them it’s OK - to feel, to be angry or sad, and that the world we experience can set the drag on high. But always it calls you in and forward.

"In my shame there is truth" OMBIIGIZI sings on the album opening track, laying down the atmospheric pulse of their followup to the much lauded debut, 2022’s Polaris Music Prize finalist and JUNO Award nominated Sewn Back Together. Delving into the Anishinaabe ancestry of its core members, with OMBIIGIZI's particularly sonic aspect – Indigenous futurism with a heavy dose of 90s Alt, Psych Rock, and Shoegaze – "Laminate The Sky" portrays “a visual representation of the world we are in,” Monkman says. With the first cheaply plasticized treaty cards ("that no stores would accept") as poetic reference, OMBIIGIZI's vaporous melodies, mingling with uncharacteristically stripped back guitars and gentle rhythmic propulsion, set the band's gripping sophomore album – SHAME – alight, with its perfect mix of terrestrial and spiritual elements.

The band describes the core theme of the album: “Shame is a thing we all share. While the last album focused on the positive force of healing, despite odds—Shame lets things slide. It shares the things we don’t always say, it calls to others to heal, and reminds them it’s OK to feel, to be angry or sad, and that the world we experience can set the drag on high. But always it calls you in and forward.” Through the vivid imagery and captivating soundscapes of ‘Laminate The Sky,’ OMBIIGIZI makes a powerful statement, crafting a future from the remnants of a stolen past in their impactful sophomore release, once again produced with Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene.

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Please Note: We offer this album in its native sampling rate of 48 kHz, 24-bit. The provided 96 kHz version was up-sampled and offers no audible value!

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The Anishinaabe revival is accelerating. Our artists are becoming more resurgent in all realms: telling the stories, singing the songs, and creating the imagery to further solidify our everlasting presence on this land. The soundtrack to this movement is diverse, profound, and beautiful. The Anishinaabe sonic revolution is richly layered and wide-reaching, inspiring and influencing all generations to gather, sing, and speak, as we’ve always done. And at the core of this renewal are artists like Ombiigizi.

Adam Sturgeon and Daniel Monkman have come together in the spirit of making noise in a good way for our people. They have documented this moment in time while paying homage to the ancestors who kept our language and stories alive. There is a deep respect and love for Anishinaabe sounds and voices. They proudly tell family and community stories, and they exquisitely conjure a hopeful future that will result from our current collective efforts to share our realities with each other and the world. - Waubgeshig Rice

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